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transept


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Transept  \Tran"sept\,  n.  [Pref.  trans-  +  L.  septum  an  inclosure. 
  See  {Septum}.]  (Arch.) 
  The  transversal  part  of  a  church,  which  crosses  at  right 
  angles  to  the  greatest  length,  and  between  the  nave  and 
  choir.  In  the  basilicas,  this  had  often  no  projection  at  its 
  two  ends  In  Gothic  churches  these  project  these  project 
  greatly,  and  should  be  called  the  arms  of  the  transept.  It  is 
  common,  however,  to  speak  of  the  arms  themselves  as  the 
  transepts. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  transept 
  n  :  transverse  part  of  a  cruciform  church;  crosses  the  nave  at 
  right  angles 




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